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Shada is a recognized thought leader and advocate on climate change, green economy, and sustainable development in Jordan and the region. She is also an advisor to the Government of Jordan on Sustainable Development and Green Recovery, and a Senior Advisor to the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) for the project to establish Jordan’s National Center for Innovation (NCI).

She served as Director of the Jordan Environment Fund (JEF) at the Ministry of Environment, and as Director of the CleanTech sector at the USAID-funded Jordan Competitiveness Program (JCP). Shada is a member of the Mowgli Mentoring network and a member of the Advisory Board of the Water-Energy  4 Food (WE4F) regional entrepreneurship program.

She is also a member of Jordan’s Green Entrepreneurship network. She holds MEng and BSc degrees in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University. She is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), and a Certified Energy Manager (CEM)/ Renewable Energy Professional (REP) from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). Shada is also pursuing a Master’s in Public Administration (MC-MPA) at the Harvard Kennedy School. Shada is the Founder & CEO of Sustaina MENA, both an advisory and public awareness platform.

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Anamaria is an economist with a specialization in finance and an MBA alumnus of the Edinburgh Business School, UK, Founder and Managing Consultant, Ascend Consulting. Anamaria has 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, business development, innovation, and access to financial support, accumulated in Romania, Malta, Hungary, and across Europe in general, including with/in various EU and UN organizations.

Anamaria has been working with the European Commission as staff of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, as Malta National Contact Point and Management Committee representative for the EU’s Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program for SMEs, as well as independent expert, evaluator, and reviewer on a number of EU and governmental support programs focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and SMEs (e.g., in Malta, Cyprus, Ireland, UK, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Georgia). Working for the Malta Investment Management Co. Ltd., the consulting arm of the Ministry for Economy.

She was also involved in the structuring of the first ERDF funded JEREMIE financial instruments for Maltese SMEs.    Moreover, as a Board member of the Malta Venture Capital Fund, she contributed to improved access to equity finance for SMEs. Today, Anamaria is herself a business angel investor.

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Futurist, Corporate CEO, Finance, Tech & Media Professional, Entrepreneur, International Celebrity Speaker, Humanitarian.

Tariq is currently the Co-Founder/CEO of Xponential, a “Future Readiness” & foresight platform which enables & executes transformational methodology and concepts to create “exponential organizations” for the future. He is also the Founder/CEO of MAD Talks Group in 2016, an integrated digital media and visual storytelling platform, focused on the future of leadership, innovation & 10x thinking.

He is a leading financial & tech business professional focused on organizational & business transformation, both business and leadership at the board & strategy level for large organizations. He also supports young companies on Fintech & related services, tech & AI & another major tech. & business platforms.  He has helped to launch major products and strategies and is a respected communications expert & marketer.

As a global celebrity futurist speaker, he has done over 300 keynotes & 1500 interviews. He specializes in talks about the future, transformation, innovation & metamorphosis. Particularly relevant post-COVID 19, where he is helping companies through the current crisis. He also speaks on finance 5.0, energy, technology v humanity, the brain, moon-shot thinking, AI for good & others with practical business solutions.

He has a degree in Economics and is a Harvard Business School 1998 alum. Also Board member and specializing in future and media/content activities for HBS Club GCC. He is the founder of 100% MAD, a not-for-profit initiative to democratize philanthropy using the digital ecosystem. MAD is “Make A Difference”, his mission for humanity.

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Dimitris Raftopoulos operates as a Project Manager for EU Affairs at ECWT. He has 20 years of experience in the areas of conceptualization, design, implementation, management, and evaluation of European Projects. He has deep knowledge of niche Human Resources Concepts such as Chaordic Leadership, Gender Diversity, and Digital Jobs. He also has a track record of more than 200 projects from various funding sources.

He has dedicated his professional experience to human and entrepreneurial development with a focus on combating gender segregation issues in the working environment and increasing women’s employability through reskilling and upskilling. Dimitris held several managerial roles and participated in various Board of Directors and Scientific Committees.

He publishes regularly on the topics of “The Digital Agenda” and “Women’s Entrepreneurship”. Being a social person with a diverse set of skills, he has given several presentations and been quoted a number of times in the media.